Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12793, Rufus Dodge, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Dodge, Rufus
NUMBER
S. 12793
CONTENTS
Carded

Rehr
✓ 12793 INVALID.
File No. 12, 793
Runfns Dodge Pris New War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

2694 New York
Rufus Dodge
of Durham - in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Faxon - of the Regt. commanded by Col Mason in the Massachusetts line for 1 Year and 7 months,
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 60 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of Decem- ber 1832 - and Sent to B Bagley Durham NY.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 - $ 94.99 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 31.66
$ 126.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Acc June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Ino Cromwell Clerk, Book D Vol. 5 Page 81

No 2.972
Admitted
1 year & 7 mo
$63.33

State of New York Greene County 31 st
On the 10th day of August 1832 personally appears before Perkins King Esquire one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Greene and State of New York Rufus Dodge aged Seventy Six years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated -
That he entered the service in the month of April 1775 in a regiment of Militia commanded by Colonel Aspinwall at the Town of Roxbury in the State of Massachusetts as a volunteer and marched to Lexington at the time of the battle of Bunker Hill - and returned to Roxbury aforesaid and was engaged & laboured in the service of the United States at repairing the arms and equipments of the army until the month of July following when he was discharged - making his term of service at the above time three months -
That in the month of May 1776 he entered the service of the United States again in a company commanded by Captain Richard Daxon and regiment commanded by Colonel John Mason officers of the Militia of the State aforesaid as a volunteer and continued in the service aforesaid until the month of August 1777 and was then discharged - that for the greater part of the time aforesaid he laboured at repairing of guns & forming carriages shells for the Cannon at the Town of Springfield State aforesaid - making his term of service at the above time one year & three months -
That in the month of September 1777 he entered the service again as a volunteer under the Regiment Commanded by General Ashley also an officer of the same State (the names of the Colonel & Captain not recollected) at the Town

of Great Barrington State aforesaid & marched from there to Saratoga in the State of New York and continued in the service at Saratoga aforesaid until after the surrender of Burgoyne & was then discharged from the service - making at this time a term of one month.
That there is not a surviving witness to be found at this time within the knowledge of him the deponent who can testify to the aforesaid service.
That he was born on the 23 rd day of March 1786 at the Town of Brookfield in the State of Massachusetts - that he has no other record of his age than an entry in the family bible made in 1816 & now used in his family.
That he resided in the Town of Roxbury in the State of Massachusetts when he entered the service of the United States - and has resided at Great Barrington in the said State nine years after the close of the war & then removed to the Town of Greenwich in the County of Greene & State of New York & resided there until the year 1822 & then removed to the Town of Stockbridge County and State aforesaid where he now resides.
That the only regular officer whose name is now in collected is Colonel James Wilson who resided in Berkshire State aforesaid before he entered the service & General Gates & General Arnold & Putnam. That he never had any discharge in writing from either of the aforesaid Terms of service.
That he is known to James R. Bennett & Peter Miller who are residents of his immediate neighborhood.
The hereby subscribing says, claims nothing to a pension as a matter of right except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to & subscribed this 10 th day of August 1832 before me - Partners Living Judge of Assizes
Horatio Dodge

We James R Stanton & Peter Miller residing in the Town of Durham County of Green State of New York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Rufus Dodge who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration - that we believe him to be sixty six years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion  Sworn & subscribed this 10 th day of August 1832. before me James R. Stanton Peter Miller Perkins King Judge as aforesaid
And the said Perkins King does hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states - And the said Perkins King further certifies that he is personally acquainted with James R Stanton & Peter Miller who have signed the foregoing certificate and they are residents of the Town of Durham County of Green and that they are persons of good moral character & credit & that their statement is entitled to credit -
And the said Perkins King does further certify that there is not a chirographer at this time residing in the neighborhood of the said  Rufus Dodge the applicant - and further that the said Rufus Dodge is unable from bodily infirmity to attend any court of record in order to make the foregoing declaration
Perkins King Judge as aforesaid

State of New York Greene County ss. }
I William T. D. Hermance Clerk of the said County do certify that Serenus King Esquire before whom the foregoing declaration or affidavits and declaration of opinion purport to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Greene, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the said affidavits to be his proper hand writing and signature.
Witness my hand & seal of office this twenty first day of August 1832.
William T. D. Hermance
Clerk